Original U.S. WWII Era Personalized Small Aircraft Prop Presented To Lieutenant Colonel Fred Plahte of the 728th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 168th Field Artillery “Tank Destroyers” Russian Issue Equipment The additional rows of studs

The additional rows of studs are long absent but you can see where they were embedded into the shaft

and Eniwetok

though the rope is most likely not original

The serial number is 1382

All of these portraits are incredible pieces of history and all came from the same personal collection

Original U.S. WWII Era Personalized Small Aircraft Prop Presented To Lieutenant Colonel Fred Plahte of the 728th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 168th Field Artillery “Tank Destroyers” Russian Issue Equipment The additional rows of studsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely memento from WWII, personalized and presented to US Army Lieutenant Colonel Fred Lewis Plahte. Judging from the size of the wooden propeller this was used on a small aircraft. The prop measures approximately 30 inches in length with a 4 bolt pattern on the center. The propeller was presented to Plahte when he was a Lieutenant Colonel (Promoted in 1950) during the Korean War era for his work being in